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58% Critic Match
Bad News Bears
“Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.”
5.8 / 10• 2005• 1h 53m•PG-13• English
Comedy
Storyline
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Cast & Crew
Billy Bob Thornton
Morris Buttermaker
Lead
Greg Kinnear
Roy Bullock
Marcia Gay Harden
Liz Whitewood
Sammi Kane Kraft
Amanda Whurlitzer
Ridge Canipe
Toby Whitewood
Brandon Craggs
Mike Engelberg
Jeffrey Davies
Kelly Leak
Timmy Deters
Tanner Boyle
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Linklater's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bad News Bears is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
